A/N: As in many of my fics, I don't really know where this is going, but the start popped in my mind yesterday and I said, why not? And here we are, with a new story… I hope you enjoy it, and if not, reviews are welcomed.

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IT'S COMPLICATED - 1

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Minerva knocked that door knowing it wouldn't be Albus the one to ask her to come in. She stopped her tears and after receiving a response she opened the door and went inside closing it back behind her.

"You wanted to discuss the timetables, Headmaster?" she said crossing the office to the desk.

"Yes, please… have a sit" Severus Snape replied from the other side. They shared a very few words while they organized subjects and teachers among the different years timetable. They had been in no kind of contact during the summer, not that they'd used to meet each other during holidays before, but Minerva was used to receive a couple owls from him telling everything was fine wherever he was and wondering if she was too. This time he hadn't and the truth was she was happy for it… She didn't even know how she could be sitting down in front of him, talking about work as if nothing had happened… that betrayer had killed Albus.

She raised her eyes from the papers and met his dark look staring at her. She got nervous.

"I guess we're done" she said, standing up.

"We are"

"Well then…" Good night. No, she wished he had his worst nightmare during his sleep. See you tomorrow. Not if she could do something to avoid him; surely she could ask the house elfs to take breakfast to her rooms. "B-bye" she muttered wishing she could just disapparate from his sight, but it was not possible in the school.

"Minerva" he said stopping her in her way out, not abandoning his usual freaking tone of voice "Will you keep doing those midnight escapades to the Headmaster's office now that it will be me and not Albus waiting for you?"

"How you dare!" she yelled turning around going to find her wand in her pocket but realizing it wasn't there.

"Looking for this?" he questioned showing he had her wand, and actually using it to make Minerva approach him.

"What are you playing?" she asked when they were so close she could feel his breathe on her chin.

"I've tried to owl you during summer, but I didn't know how to say what I had to say" he told throwing everything on his desk to the ground.

"Give me my wand back" she said in a threatening tone, just to feel herself pulled against the table and her hands magically stick to it with her own wand. "What the hell are you doing?"

"We both want this, Minerva, we've always had" he whispered leaning onto her to kiss her neck while she tried to fight back in vain.

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Some years ago, during 1989's New Year's party in The three broomsticks, Minerva was coming out from the women rest room when she almost felt onto the potions teacher.

"Oh, God, sorry Severus, I guess I drunk more than I can handle" she apologized.

"I doubt it, you just had a gillywater" he replied helping her regain her balance.

"Are you spying on me, Severus?" she asked with a mischievously look he'd never seen on her before.

"You were a nice sight from my side of the table"

"Hmm, so you're enjoying this party so much that instead of talking to your colleagues you prefer spent the time watching at the Headmaster Deputy" she said with a sarcasm he loved.

"Well, let's admit it, none of the wizards and witches here would really appreciate a good conversation, especially after the very amount of drinks they've had. And it's not even midnight yet"

Minerva smiled at that comment and looked up at his eyes. "Would you prefer to get out from here? If I'd be a good company for you, of course"

Making sure nobody noticed them taking their cloaks, they left the pub and walked on the snow through the dark and empty streets of Hogsmeade 'till they reached the Hog's Head, which was almost empty, as usual.

"What will it be?" the blonde haired waiter asked them not moving from behind the bar.

"Two gillywaters" Severus answered taking Minerva's cloak before she sat down.

"Thank you" she said.

"I noticed that's the only think you drink"

"I can't believe we escaped from the party. The girls will wonder where I am." She giggled, and he smiled at that image of her.

"Let's not talk of work" he said "No Hogwarts, no Dumbledore, no students…"

"Hmm, what can we talk about then" she joked while they were taken their drinks.

"Gillywater!" he exclaimed "How come you like it so much?"

"It tastes sweet"

"That doesn't fit you, you're anything but sweet"

"Oh, look who's talking, the angel of Hogwarts"

"Alright, we both like to keep ourselves behind a wall made of ironies," he started.

"…sarcasm" she continued.

"…severity" he added.

"and politeness" she finished.

"Right" he agreed.

"But you said you didn't want to talk about work"

"This is not work"

"Well… I'm not like that in private"

"Aren't you?" he questioned, suddenly showing more interest.

"Of course not, I can be sweet, and tender…"

"…and passionate" he said and she gazed at him.

"Professor Snape I don't think that's the way you'd like this conversation to go".

"How can you be so sure, Professor McGonagall" he replied back in her same tone. They both laughed and sipped their drinks. They kept talking about random things, but quickly finding out they shared more than just a place in the Magic School. They didn't just like the same books, but shared the same opinion about them, they'd like to travel to the same places, they both enjoyed their moments of peaceful loneliness after a day of teaching dreamy teenagers, they both responded with honest but avoided the questions that made them uncomfortable, and the most important thing, they made each other laugh.

At some point, Minerva's eyes picked the clock on the wall behind the bar and opened wildly.

"Oh god, looked at the time!"

"3am" Severus said "Happy New Year" he looked at her in the eyes and she felt hypnotized by him.

"Happy new year" she echoed with a whisper while their lips approached each other's slowly 'till they met for a short but sweet and passionate moment.

On their way to the Castle they said nothing, but it wasn't really an uncomfortable silence, it was strangely cozy. At the school's hall, right at the point where the stairs going up to the towers and down to the dungeons met, they stopped.

They were close to each other but nobody seemed to move, it was Severus the one to make a step further but Minerva stopped him.

"This is not right" she said closing her eyes to avoid looking at him "Albus will be back in a couple days and…"

"I knew… there's something between you two, right?"

"No, yes… it's complicated… but I don't think we should do this"

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TO BE CONTINUED…